CD-25 Weight

Bess-C · Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 10:41 pm Post subject: CD-25 Weight

I weighed Bess-C today on my way to put her away in storage. I've seen a lot of speculation about the weight of the 25's. My guess on the weight of our boat was somewhere between 7000-7500#. It weighed 6920 lbs. including the King tandem trailer.

The boat was set up as follows. Honda 130, Honda 15 kicker, Honda 2 dingy motor and dingy. My estimate is about 40-50 gallons of fuel, empty water and holding tanks. We store a lot of our gear aboard the boat, so I think we would add 200#'s max when traveling. We don't have radar, a stainless arch or canvas back yet. I think that might add another 200#'s. That puts our potential maximum at about 7400#'s.

Hope this info helps those of you contemplating a 25' and what it will take for towing. We tow with a '03 Ford Expedition It is rated at 8,650#'s towing capacity with a weight distributing hitch. Seems to tow the boat fine, with little stress or strain.
Lyle

Minnow · Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 11:17 am Post subject:

This might be repeating some old info, but what brand of weight distributing hitch do you use, and does it allow the surge brakes to work properly?